Breaking: Supreme Court To APM: “What Do You Stand To Gain From This Suit?”, Throws Case Out

By Akinwale Kasali

The  Supreme Court has thrown out the appeal of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, against the election of President Bola Tinubu as President.

The party had claimed that the place-holder nominated by Tinubu as his running mate, Ibrahim Masari, before he was replaced by Vice President Kashim Shettima, was not replaced within the 14 days stipulated by Section 33 of the Electoral Act.

At the hearing on Monday the lead counsel for the party, Chukwuma -Machukwu Ume told the Court that their appeal was not premised on double nomination.

He insisted that the Vice President, Kashim Shettima was illegally nominated.

The Court asked if the APM had anything to gain from the matter.

“What will you gain if you win this appeal? There are other appeals that are asking for something substantial. There is nothing to gain but to give us work to do. You are not asking us to put your candidate there as President.”

The APM lawyer, however, applied to withdraw his appeal.

APC, INEC, Ibrahim Massari, and Tinubu’s counsels did not object.

“Having been withdrawn, the appeal is hereby struck out.”